EOS Shield — Compliance Bubble for End‑of‑Support ERPs
10/10
Demand Score
Vendor support deadlines trigger compliance and security exposure; missing them risks audits, insurance, and operations.
7/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$8k-40k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
12 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Hard
The Problem
Legacy Platform Support Deadlines:
Competitor Landscape
- Rimini Street / Spinnaker Support (3rd-party support)
- Onapsis (ERP security)
- Layer7/Kong (API gateways)
- Zscaler/Prisma (zero trust, indirect)
- Vendor extended support contracts
Must-Have Features for MVP
Zero-trust isolation and traffic policy
Virtual patching and threat signatures
Identity modernizer (SAML/OIDC/MFA)
API facade for gradual downstream migration
Upgrade blocker scanner and roadmap
Continuous evidence packs for auditors
24/7 managed monitoring and response
Latency and availability SLAs
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Vendor licensing/EULA considerations
- Performance overhead of gateway/facade
- Maintaining coverage across custom modules
- Convincing auditors of compensating controls
Risk Level: High
🎯 Keys to Success
- Audit acceptance of compensating controls
- Stable operations through deadline and beyond
- <30ms median gateway overhead
- Clear migration milestones achieved each quarter
- No critical incidents during extension period
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This hard-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.